After the first cold wave moved south from the far north, it quickly swept across the entire world, sweeping away the late autumn temperature.
In this world, the leaves of most trees have begun to wither. With the blessing of the north wind, large groups of fallen leaves are rolling, rolling, and gathering in the forest, on the soil, and on the water.
Although the rapidly falling temperature has not completely stopped the ants' activities, it has begun to have an adverse impact on their actions.
The protagonist stands on a branch of a big banyan tree. He and the other ants behind him must cling to the gaps in the rough bark and press their bodies tightly against the tree to ensure that they are not affected by the occasional whistling air turbulence. Blow away.
The temperature has dropped to about ten degrees, and the ants' enemies have clearly felt the cold on their bodies, which makes them uncomfortable. However, when there is sunshine, big-headed ants are still more willing to brave the cold wind and come to the surface to enjoy sunbathing. Because for them, once they pass the last time of the year when they can go out for activities in late autumn and early winter, they can only spend the remaining days huddled in the dark and equally cold underground to survive the cold winter.
The protagonist came to this branch to bask in the cold wind not to bask in the sun. The northern branch he was on was blocked by the thick and dense leaves above, making it difficult for warm sunlight to penetrate. He came here because he discovered something strange on the other side of the river.
The north bank of the river is only fifteen or six meters away from the island where "Linshui City" is located, and the branches of the big banyan tree extending to the north have penetrated several meters into the river. Here, with the help of the height of the trees, the protagonist can clearly see the situation in a large area on the north shore.
The North Bank is the activity area of the pavement ant barbarians. After arriving in "Linshui City", the protagonist can often see pavement ants active on the north bank: foraging or hunting or just hurriedly walking by.
These ordinary sights did not attract the protagonist's attention. Until today, when he was doing a routine inspection, he suddenly discovered an unusual scene: a large black area on the north bank of the river was completely covered by pavement ants, occupying several square meters. area. The protagonist estimated with a dark face that there were hundreds of thousands of pavement ants gathering on the north bank. Moreover, in the distance until the end of sight, there are still black ant streams flowing into this black ocean.
Although the protagonist has good eyesight, facing so many pavement ants gathered together, the protagonist still has to distinguish carefully before finally confirming the purpose of their action - they are building an advance base.
At this time, the river has not started to freeze, but it is obvious that the Pavement Ant Barbarian Army has begun preparations, which seems to be later than the preparations for the Big-headed Ant Kingdom. But maybe they have already prepared their troops and supplies, and all they need now is to build a departure base closer to the south bank of the river.
The eyesight of pavement ants and big-headed ants was not enough to see the scene on the other side of the river, so they did not take any confidentiality or camouflage measures when building their advance base. They cleared all the dead grass in a large open space in broad daylight. Then dig out entrances and exits deep into the ground from the ground.
This starting base is only two or three meters away from the north bank of the river, which means that when the river freezes, there will be an enemy with hundreds of thousands of troops less than 20 meters north of "Linshui City". nest.
What the protagonist doesn't know is that the same scene also happened in several places on the north bank of the river, which are far opposite the sub-nest controlled by the big-headed ant kingdom on the south bank. However, the advance base in "Linshui City" is the largest in scale, and is stationed with the main force of the Pavement Ant Barbarian Army that is preparing to invade.
Fortunately, after several days of investigation, the protagonist determined that after the departure base was built, most of the pavement ants had withdrawn, leaving only some male ants and worker ants. It seems that those who have been evacuated are just workers. They have to return to their respective nests to spend the winter and continue to serve the barbarian country in the coming spring.
These remaining legionnaires are the established legionnaires. One day, the protagonist saw these remaining legionaries conducting a small military parade. Countless black pavement ants poured out from the starting base, quickly covering the naked surroundings. All empty spaces covered with dirt are occupied. There are gaps between different legions, so the protagonist counts a total of forty legions, which is equivalent to one hundred thousand enemy soldiers.
The protagonist couldn't help but lament that the overall national strength and mobilization power of the Pavement Ant Barbarians were actually far stronger than that of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom. The Big-headed Ant Kingdom only has a slight advantage in individual combat effectiveness.
The protagonist wonders whether the strength comparison between the Big-headed Ant Kingdom and the Pavement Ant Barbarians is the same as it is now. Anyway, judging from the strength on paper, the Big-headed Ant Kingdom is now weaker than the Pavement Ant Barbarians.
Perhaps due to the obstruction of the river, the Pavement Ant barbarian armies on both sides of the river had to fight independently in the spring, summer and autumn. Otherwise, the Big-headed Ant Kingdom would not have been able to completely occupy the area on the south bank of the river and thus compete with them.
The protagonist couldn't help but reflect on the possibility of building a pontoon bridge to the north bank of the river after the spring. If the Pavement Ant Barbarian Army didn't care about affecting production, the most optimistic estimate is that they could mobilize dozens or millions of people. The army came to besiege this bridgehead. The protagonist couldn't help but break into a cold sweat. How many elite troops would be needed to hold this bridgehead?
But fortunately, that was four months later. What the protagonist needs to do now is to block the offensive of the enemy's main force in "Linshui City".
Today, "Linshui City" has been rebuilt according to the protagonist's plan.
The original nests near the surface of the tree have been converted into granaries and material warehouses, while the warmer nests inside, near the combustion chamber, will serve as troop campsites. The expanded "Linshui City" is enough to accommodate three armies of the Divine Envoy King and the "Linshui City" garrison composed of the original defenders.
There are only a few entrances and exits left on the bark of the banyan tree, and the other entrances and exits have been blocked by the protagonist himself with stones of suitable size. The protagonist believes that the strength of the pavement ants is not enough to move these stones.
Special construction has also been done inside the preserved entrances and exits to ensure that the enemy can only enter in a narrow formation along these entrances and exits. After that, the enemy will soon be forced to encounter an enemy with local strength advantage in a wide space. The defenders blocked the attack.
In this way, compared to a joint battle on a wide field, the defender's ability to kill the enemy may be weakened, but the certainty of defending the sub-nest will be greatly improved - such a position has three levels from the outside to the inside.
Relying on the geographical advantage, the defenders can restrict the Pavement Ant Barbarian Army from exerting their strength advantage. This is where the protagonist's confidence lies.
——I am the dividing line——
One update today, one update depending on the situation during May Day, and two updates after the holiday!
